Mark Bolus
Mark Bolus, 24, had schizophrenia and was held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex in May 2014. The Alaska Department of Corrections said he died by suicide in his segregation cell on May 11, 2014, after hanging himself with a blanket, and he died three days later in a local hospital. His mother, Maria Rathbun, sued, and a 2017 civil jury found the department negligent. The state's attorneys argued the suicide could not have been predicted, and the state was still deciding whether to appeal at the time of reporting. His mother said she had trusted the agency to keep him safe.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). The Alaska Department of Corrections and a jury in his mother Maria Rathbun's lawsuit say he hanged himself with a blanket in his segregation cell, and the jury found the department negligent in failing to prevent it.
Reported by: Alaska Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); jury in lawsuit brought by mother Maria Rathbun (court).
Lawsuit: His mother, Maria Rathbun, sued the Alaska Department of Corrections, and a jury found the department negligent in 2017, but the reported sources do not give a dollar amount.